Latin Resources
Roman Britain
Britain in general
Map of Roman Britain
Roman Britain - first page of a 7-page series - follow the links to the rest of the pages
Colchester - first page of a 7-page series - follow the links to the rest of the pages
Chedworth Roman villa in Britain
Reconstruction model of a Roman villa in Britain
Celts and Romans in Britain
Boudicca
Fishbourne and Sussex - Fishbourne is the site of the large Roman villa or palace which is the setting for parts of Book II of the Cambridge Course.
Sussex is the region where the Regnenses tribe and King Cogidubnus lived. The name "Sussex" reflects the invasion and settlement of South Saxons several centuries later
The Romans in Sussex - links to a large website
The Roman army at Fishbourne
King Cogidubnus
Administration
Society
Roman Towns
Roman villa in Sussex
The Dirt Brothers Trip to Fishbourne - follow the "Next Page" at the foot of each page, to see photos of the palace and the mosaics. The Dirt Brothers are a group of archaeologists
Mosaic floors - Mosaics were used for decoration as we would use rugs or carpets. Many of the floors were extremely artistic and must have taken many hours of painstaking labor to complete. The backgrounds on the webpages for some of the Latin Course are based on a part of one of the Fishbourne mosaics
Mosaics of Roman Britain - click on the pictures for more details
Mosaic at a villa in Britain
Mosaic at Chedworth villa
Hadrian's Wall and the Antonine Wall - When Hadrian was Emperor in AD 122 he had a wall built completely across northern England, from the west coast to the east coast. This was to repel raids from the northern tribes, and to enforce the Roman occupation of the area. There were fortified gateways giving access between north and south, so that movement could be controlled.
Hadrian's Wall was being slowly destroyed by farmers and others taking the stones for their own building projects, until a local land-owner realized that the Wall was an archaeological treasure. He started buying up land along the Wall and restoring it. The Wall is now owned by the British National Trust. There are ongoing archaeological digs at sites on the Wall, and one of the forts has been restored to show what the Roman camps were like. Some of the earliest Christian inscriptions in Britain have been found at the Wall.
Later, the Roman Emperor Antonius constructed another wall further north. The Romans found that they could not control the northern regions, and eventually retreated. The Antonine Wall is in poorer condition than Hadrian's Wall
Hadrian's Wall Gallery - click on the pictures for more details
Vindolanda - first page of a 10-page series - follow the links to the rest of the pages
Vindolanda
Housesteads Fort
Aerial view of Housesteads fort on Hadrian's Wall
Conservation of Hadrian's Wall
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